100 years ago: A private zoo performance was held by the Wells Fargo express force and featured a caged mountain lion that was shipped by its capturer John Crawford of Mancos.

75 years ago: Carl Wetter of Durango was killed instantly after a violent but unintentionally murderous dispute with Sam Green, also of Durango. Green was to be charged with counts of manslaughter in court.

50 years ago: James Frederick Day was charged with careless driving following an accident on Junction Creek, which left 124 feet of two-wheel skid marks on the road after the car skidded 170 feet out of control, jumped a 6-inch curb, hit a city of Durango sign and traveled another 53 feet before it was stopped by a small pine tree.

25 years ago: A 39-year-old man who was “very upset” wandered into the Durango Police Department lobby and asked to be arrested even though he hadn’t done anything illegal.

Most items in this column are taken from The Durango Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.